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Things porphyry often describes ("porphyry ________")
- plutons
- sheets
- deposits
- series
- porphyrite
- basin
- cutting
- deposit
- veins
- breccias
- name
- felsite
- granite
- intrusions
- conglomerate
- notes
- breccia
- copper
- tuff
- statue
- trachyte
- contact
- belts
- mentions
- ore
- molybdenum
- coppers
- head
- pyroxene
- limestone
- bust
- tomb
- dust
- magma
- stone
- vase
- ores
- group
- sarcophagus
- lava
- states
- kind
- rock
- dikes
- belt
- rise
- lavas
- column
- hanging
- formation
- proceeds
- rocks
- rhyolite
- quarries
- type
- slabs
- schist
- marble
- mass
- shrine
- spleen
- columns
- tuffs
- reports
- porphyrites
- form
- stock
- blocks
- slate
- dike
- font
- mineralization
- insets
- gangue
- intrusion
How porphyry often is described ("________ porphyry")
- felspathic
- light
- red
- andesitic
- rare
- augite
- felsitic
- grained
- intrusive
- solid
- volcanic
- colored
- primitive
- white
- coloured
- granodiorite
- celebrated
- egyptian
- dioritic
- called
- hard
- syenite
- deep
- felspar
- swedish
- pink
- polished
- blackish
- monzonite
- compact
- feldspathic
- famous
- brecciated
- latite
- schistose
- massive
- silicified
- black
- yellow
- hornblende
- pale
- finest
- granite
- reddish
- augitic
- gray
- quartzose
- granitic
- serpentine
- felsite
- rhomb
- altered
- bearing
- basalt
- quartziferous
- brown
- rhyolitic
- smooth
- green
- decomposed
- orthoclase
- greenish
- dacite
- true
- beautiful
- purple
- antique
- adjacent
- fine
- rhyolite
- imperial
- siliceous
- feldspar
- typical
- andesite
- syenitic
- quartz
- basaltic
- rich
- oriental
- diorite
- coarse
- trachytic
- blue
- greek
- dark
- grey
- weathered
- precious
